MAMMA MIA! Becomes 13th Longest Running Show In Broadway History On 8/19

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! officially becomes the 13th longest-running show in Broadway history on Wednesday evening, August 19, 2009 when it surpasses the record previously held by long running landmark musical Fiddler on the Roof (3,242 performances).

Seen by over 40 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 3,000 performances in its eighth smash hit year at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre and remains one of Broadway's top selling musicals.

The original West End production of MAMMA MIA! is celebrating 10 years and over 4,000 performances in London, an international tour has visited more than 40 foreign cities, and the blockbuster feature film adaptation is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing over $600 million worldwide.

With a worldwide gross of over $2 Billion, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as "quite simply, a phenomenon."

For tickets, schedule and information about MAMMA MIA! around the world: www.mamma-mia.com.

Photo by Joan Marcus